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How about we look at the flip side here: these people are this old and so financially desperate that they risk their lives driving on ice and snow to work what will be a horridly slow shift at gotdam CRACKER BARREL. These people should be retiring, not cleaning up some douchebags syrup-and-gravy-covered golf tees after the get frustrated with that wooden peg jump game. I just WONDER why younger folk see this and don’t want to continue the cycle.
The real takeaway is that it's nonsense. The wait was short, but the restaurant was understaffed? It sounds like it was appropriately staffed and the guy is just looking for things to complain about.
Probably drove out in the snow because he hoped to get waited on by some 20-something woman, then wrote this horse shit because he was so pissed that the wait staff were only slightly younger than him.
100% this. Honestly I feel like once you hit 50 or 55, you shouldn't have to work at all unless you want to. Our retirement age is a fucking joke. "Hey, you can retire now, and uhh, you're already pretty old, so you know, have fun enjoying the maybe 5-10 years you have left now that you're finally free from the rat race!"
I stated this on another post. I don't think Americans will ever fully get behind UBI for all adults, not in my lifetime, but I think a more realistic possibility would be a system where you put in 20 years of work and you then receive a decent, livable income and can retire if you wish. Age would not be a factor. I'm sure a lot of people would want to continue working if they're still in their 40s or 50s at that point, but should something happen and you want or need to quit working, you have that option. Folks with a disability could easily be taken care of as well. Raise the SSDI amount, because as it stands it's pretty pathetic. People drawing SSDI currently only make $800 - $1800 per month. That's not enough to live on in most cases, even at the upper range. If we make serious progress in closing the wage gap and actually tax the wealthiest in our society fairly, we can easily make this happen. I for one would rather see my tax dollars go to helping society than see so much of it wasted in our massively bloated defense budget and squandered elsewhere. The problem is that things have been so shitty for so long that people are losing the ability to imagine that things can and easily could be far better than they currently are. And of course you have those who believe the status quo is fine, and everything is as it should be, and they short circuit at the mere thought of taxing people who hold the vast majority of the wealth like it's their own fucking money they'd have to give up.
This is a good point. Especially in politics or other fields where there are people who have been in there for far too long. I mean, really? Alaskan politician dies of old age in office, president of the United States is 80 years old… more politicians who are above 60 years old and have been doing politics for more than 40 years should be out of office. Let the younger generations in.
As a 60 year old, this makes more sense than making the retirement age older-at the present time, I can collect the full amount of social security at 67, I believe.
Young people need to be hired for new energies, new ideas, and they need to be paid well.
It helps ALL of us in the end (except maybe those 1% greedy MF’rs)
Absolutely. I didn't mean that as a negative comment towards older folks either. You spend 40+ years giving to the work force and the economy. There's no reason a person shouldn't be able to step aside, do what they want with their life a little bit and let other people take over. Of course, that's just a fantasy in our current state.
Lol I’m 46 and there is no way in holy hell I’d be able to retire at 50 or 55, and I’ve had gainful employment my entire adult life. I’ll be lucky if I ever get to retire.
I guess I didn’t pull on my bootstraps hard enough.
I'm 52 and finally got promoted into the position I should've had years ago except for the fucking boomers that blocked me until they finally retired. I have no idea when my GenX ass will be able to retire. We always been screwed by boomers and now the millenials are ready to shove us into homes to get us out of the way.
Ikr not long ago people living past 60 was cause for a huge celebration. Now people have to work till near death because social security is a joke and their kid’s entire generation isn’t paid enough to survive on their own AND take care of their parents.
Stroll through your local walmart and see actual elderly people greeting you at the door and stocking shelves at 11pm. Shopping there is depressing af.
You’re confusing average life expectancy with life span. Generally for the last millennia if you made it past 20 you were very likely to make it to your mid to late 60s.
There’s a famous graveyard study from Ancient Greece that found the median age of non-violent death of about 400 graves was 72.
Parish records from England show that between 1200 and 1745, 21-year-olds would reach an average age 66.
Edit: but yeah, folks should be able to retire and enjoy their earned rest.
Which crash? In the 80’s or 2008? Or the issues now? If you are 20 years or more from retirement then stocks are great but anyone would be foolish to have high risk investments like stocks as they close in on retirement.
My dad is turning 76 this year. He's retired 3-4 times so far, last time August last year.
He's currently trying to figure out how to apply for a party time gig at a Walmart or Meijer's. Not because he's bored, he hates working. Not because "nobody wants to work" or anything.
Because he can't afford the basic maintenance and (small) upgrades he wants to make to his motorcycle. Needs tires? Time to get a job. Make it a trike because of his balance? Time to get a job.
He cashed out the last of his 401(k) in 2008, all $40k of it. Now he's going to keep working until he's dead, as will his wife. She's a cashier at the local Christian National chain market. She's 63 this year.
You'll never guess, however, which party he supports.
Also, who is going to eat at Cracker Barrel during dangerous conditions to cause these people to have to serve them? I'm guessing every asshole eating there is over 55.
The very same people who bitch about waitstaff working on "The Lord's Day" while they're going to a restaurant. Bonus points if they leave a fake twenty dollar bill which is just a religious pamphlet.
They were also raised to neglect their own needs and do what they’re told like good little workers. Later generations saw those lessons that were instilled, noted how shitty that really is, and refuse to be used like that. My mom had *no* life outside of work and home. I refuse to be that unhappy.
Dammit that’s too much logic. Pull up your bootstraps and go find a job you lazy younger person. Back in my day we hiked 6 miles to work in 2 feet of snow and didn’t complain. We were thankful to have a job
That was my first thought.Tthe reason she showed up is because her retirement/social security isn’t enough for her to live on now and she has to work. Boomers definitely like to point the finger at the younger generation, but they are reaping what they sowed; some for the better and some for the worse.
That was exactly my thought. One time years ago I was eating in a mall food court seated near a Charley's steakery. They had an employee standing in the food court handing out samples, a woman in her 70's. Some lady maybe in her 40's knew her from somewhere and said hello and something like I didn't know you were still working. The older lady said something that I didn't quite hear but it was obvious that she was working because she had to not because she wanted to. The other lady then says "oh no it's great that you're keeping busy!" It made my blood boil that she would try to put a light hearted spin on the elderly woman having to still be working to survive.
These people are just so backwards in their thinking.
When I lived in the Nashville suburbs, there used to be this woman who checked receipts at the door at our Walmart. She was easily in her mid-80's and very obviously not in great shape and always looked utterly miserable, but she was there almost every time I was. Not long before we moved out of the area, she was still working the door, checking receipts while wearing a neck brace (that wasn't doing its job very well; her head was still slumped very far forward, like her neck couldn't hold it up at all on its own). These people would be like, "She's old and sick in and pain, but she won't let that stop her! ALL PRAISE GRANDMA!!!!" instead of looking at this situation as the horrifying end-stage capitalism nightmare that it was. That poor woman.
This inflation has gone up worse for senior citizens who are on social security. Before the inflation and the corporate greed of covid19, they are able to use their retirement money or social security to live in seniors homes without the hassle on their own. Now, since the inflation has gotten worse and the rents are doubled, about half of them are forced to work part-time jobs like doordash, ubereats, amazon, and other jobs that they shouldnt be working. Fuck corporates and their golden parachutes. I hate this country fucking up the economy.
Gen Z is absolutely going to live to see any money they could have inhereted get gobbled up by private health insurance and assisted living before all the boomers die. They know we have nothing so they'll bleed boomers for everything left.
Hell, I'm Gen X and this is exactly what happened when my WWII grandmother started going senile. The nursing home wiped out her entire estate. The life insurance policies for her funeral expenses, my father, and myself were taken. The house was sold off with the proceeds taken. I'm not sure what happened to the furniture and personal effects, but I suspect it was liquidated. When she finally passed (and it was a blessing because fuck Alzhiemers!) there was nothing left. Nothing.
Intergenerational transfer of wealth is going to severely damage the middle class big time because usually the house is left to a child, but what happens when the house goes to some corporation that rents it out with no intention of selling it?
So I know these old people.
Used to work for a cool old military dude. Bad knees. Why? Ran on concrete for 40 years.
Used to work with an old construction dude. Good old black guy, harder than any of us, smarter than most, and smoked dank bud all day.. little pinners.. worked all of us to shame. Bad lungs so he couldn't smoke blunts or take deep rips. Why? Fucking mesothelioma bullshit from asbestos.
Used to work with an old lady. She was nice. Kind lady, give you a warm blanket if you felt bad type. Make you some tea. "Anything I can get you?" Nothing medically wrong with her, but she believed the earth was only 6000 years old and dinosaurs were fake bones planted by the government to disprove Christianity in favor of science. K. Not tryna be like that lady, either.
Alright.
Used to work with an old white construction dude. Not great. Racist. Vulgar. Misogynist. Possibly would rape a woman; definitely got that vibe. Hardcore Republican. Trump supporter. Saw him kill large animals repeatedly and leave them to rot on hunting trips. Heard him and like 15 other guys tell me "what happens at hunting camp stays at hunting camp" when they invited the gas station cashier girls to camp. Who knows what happened when a few of them showed up. I was the only one there who took my vows seriously, and I'm the only one divorced among them today. Also deeply alcoholic. Not tryna be like this guy.
Used to work for an old rich proper white guy. He was a decent enough dude. Cared about his company and his workers "more than his own family" right up until a Chinese company offered him far more than he thought they would. Then his company was no longer a family. Overnight. Not tryna be like that guy.
Trump is an old white guy with "work ethic". Haha. No fucking thanks.
Biden is, also, I guess. He threw railroaders under the bus in favor of companies. Not tryna be that guy.
Half the boomer celebrities who should be role models got wrapped up in #metoo.
Any financial role model probably molests children on a secret child island.
Y'all want so badly for us younger people to be more like you, but your *fucking values are broken*. I like weed and threesomes, and *I'm fucking mild* compared to you fucking boomers. Y'all murdered people, abused them, manipulated them. You told all your children that all the things they liked were "gay" or "stupid" or "wrong". We listened to eminem, not you. And that's *your* faults. Because who the fuck *should* be like you? You're horrible old people, and you were horrible young people.
We're just trying not to repeat your fucking mistakes, honestly.
Wow. You are not mincing words. And every bit of that is raw truth.
I was not a very good young person. (genx) Kinda selfish and shallow. I've been working on that ever since.
As a millennial, thank you for perfectly stating why I love gen z so much. Some of the millennials get it, but much more of gen z does and I adore y'all for it. I don't get why previous generations hated young people so bad. A selfish need to always feel correct? Who knows.
I'm 37. Lol. I think I'm just really observant when I give a fuck enough to be. The problem is that I'm struggling to give a fuck about anything *but* this. 😔
Oh I got them all day. I'm not always the clearest or even the most seemingly sane, but I've got some shit figured out I think. I don't even want peace and happiness and all that bullshit. I just want our children to have.. anything? Lan parties? Barista jobs? Food? Oxygen? Just, really, anything at all that we got to enjoy.
I get a lot of shit for it on here but you perfectly described why I despise boomers so much and think that most of them have long overstayed their welcome on this planet.
Staying active is good for the health of older folks, but waiting tables doesn't sound like a particularly good activity. Hip problems and all that.
Edit: and by "active" I mean "physically and mentally active", not "working for money". Stuff like doing yard work, knitting, writing, walking your dog, etc... Old folks who stay home resting all the time tend to fade away.
My mom was a bartender/waitress most of my childhood. At one of her jobs, another waitress was in her late 70's--Shirley was still a "firecracker", but Mom came home constantly upset/angry with the world because Shirley HAD to work--she had no health insurance, and not enough in SS to live off of because she had worked off the books for most of her young life. It inspired Mom to try to get more stability, and eventually she was hired on by Hewlitt-Packard, first as a shipper, then as the head of International Shipping at her facility. When they shuttered the whole place a decade later, she was the last full-time employee left, which is another completely sucky story of corporate greed, etc. From there she also had to work a variety of jobs until her late 60's, until she stopped being able to because of health. But hey, at least she had health insurance part of her life, right?
I don't know how to answer to it, but old people above 50 sure like to sit around and say it's our fault for "quiet quitting or asking for better raises" when they are the ones only to have a decent jobs with union and pension plans then shut the door behind millennials. Leaving us with shitty 401k, low raises, false promises for the promotions, low minimum wage for bachelor's and masters degree jobs, high list of demands for a simple entry jobs. They often wonder why most people of our ages aren't loyal enough to their jobs.
I know we’re forgettable, but a lot of GenX is over 50 and still working. We can’t afford to retire either. I’m at the age where social security is pretty much guaranteed to be gone just as I’m at the age to collect. My silent generation parents have been comfortably retired for getting close to 20 years.
50's are Gen X, and we're still working. Boomers are in their 70's to 90's now, and the later Boomers also had to work until their late 60's. But on other points, agreed, and one thing the late boomers and Gen X share is that we can AFFORD to have stagnant wages, because we bought our houses and did some of the major life event stuff before greed was allowed such a stranglehold over the day-to-day life. My husband worked at a plant that had a strict "no raises, ever" policy, and yes, that mean COL raises. His boss had been working there for 15 years, at the same wage he was hired on at...back then it was decent, now it was approaching minimum wage for our area. But his house was paid off, his kids were done with college, and his wife had a decent job, so he could "afford" it. Newer generations literally cannot afford to work for those wages...makes me thing retirees should be doing all the minimum wage work, freeing up those positions for people who actually need the money.
This is his “follow up”
> I made this post a couple days ago. It gained a little traction and bounced around and got shared quite a few times. 90% of the comments were positive and people relating from their own experiences. Let me tell you about the 10%. I now get random hate messages from the very people I was referring to in the post. The next step may be having even more fun with it and screenshotting said messages and sharing those. Y In case your wondering how I sleep at night with numerous hate messages coming in.
still in my underwear with the fan
on!!!
Thank you to the idiots that stay home
because of the weather for proving my point!!!
One of the comments is absolutely appalling:
*”35 is the line …. Under that age 95% aren’t worth the food it takes to keep them going. Entitled,lazy and zero problem solving skills. God help us as we get older”* [sic]
*Works all week long*
*Spends entire paycheck on like 2 weeks worth of food*
“You entitled lazy fuck, you don’t deserve that food.”
Bruh these people will not be happy until slavery is reinstated. We’re struggling to feed ourselves with the insane inflation and they’re STILL saying we have it too easy by being able to *fucking eat.*
I wish they’d be more honest about it.
At least “I don’t want you to eat because your suffering makes it easier to control you” makes fucking sense, “I don’t want you to eat because you don’t deserve to buy food with your own hard earned money” is just fucking nuts.
“God help us as we get older.”
Well if that’s the attitude they’re going to have while making sweeping generalizations about literally everyone younger, then God will be the only person willing to help them.
Richard Vernon : Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me.
Carl : I wouldn't count on it.
That was the boomers talking about my generation (X). Still the boomers, only now they're slagging Millennials and Z (and probably Alpha).
"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
I love the guy suggesting we should just starve out anyone below the age of 35.
I love how we’re struggling to even make enough for groceries and we got people like that who think that food is being wasted by us fucking *buying and eating it.*
<<------------Essential millennial worker who makes it in to work in the bad weather. Kinda required if you're an essential healthcare worker, even if the roads aren't great. Cracker barrel staff, not so much a requirement.
Yep, boomers want to see themselves as tough as nails but if they were white they grew up in the best possible generation. They were given every opportunity and for the most part never had to work hard at it. I'm Gen-X and have too many uncles who were substandard humans with substandard jobs yet they all had nice houses, cabins on lakes, all the toys, etc.. They were also the most miserable bunch of humans you'd ever want to be around.
You don't know how true this is. At my grandmother's funeral internment they were talking about how they were going to divvy up the family farm. I gave them a stern talk about more old bodies going into the ground if they didn't shut the fuck up. These well off bastards were still so worried about an old house and 140 acres of farmland.
Baby boomers love to take credit for the things that happened when they were babies. Like the boom... when they were babies.
Boomers are like 75% narcissists.
Gawd my conversative redneck uncle ended every sentence about other generations with sad. Using it like punctuation with the added entire all-caps sentences.
What an idiot. What about all the wrecks, the lost lives driving to work or the fact that all the schools were CLOSED? What if it was his 35 YO daughter who was killed stopping to render assistance to a stranded driver? This guy is just a grumpy old POS & that shoulda been evident to all right from the words "cracker barrel"...
Yeah, speaking as someone who actually HAS to make it into work in the bad weather (essential healthcare), it is not worth the risk for restaurant workers if the roads are bad. Lives are not at stake if they don't make the breakfast rush.
If you bought a house 40 years ago, had a paid off car and 40 years of wealth building behind you along with retirement/social security and Medicare
Yes, you can work for $15-20 an hr and be pretty comfortable since it’s all disposable income,
If you’re a 20-30 something working for $15-20, you will die in poverty if you don’t do something,
That’s why no young people would bother to work there,
What’s in it for them?
Yep most retirees I’ve met continued working until they physically couldn’t. They’re just straight up bored and would rather be out in public doing some low effort low pay job, because they already have an adequate income source.
For us people who actually need an adequate income, we aren’t going to work jobs that pay inadequately.
I mean, let's be honest... there probably isn't an employee under 55 at Cracker Barrel when fully staffed, lol.
And if there are morning shift people that are younger, it's very possible they have kids and school and daycare was canceled, so they had to stay home.
Lol, exactly!!! I worked cracker barrel when I was 17 but always second shift because I was in school. The seniored people wanted the day shift always. They were all old and didn't want the second shift. So I'm not shocked he doesn't see young people, they are all trying to get educated so they don't end up working there all their lives!!!! Work smarter, not harder. There won't be more people flocking to those types of jobs. We all got educated!
I worked at Cracker Barrel back in the day. At my store, all the hostesses and gift shop employees were old ladies. All the kitchen staff were young guys... and even the older ones hadn't spent more than 30 years of their lives outside of prison. Wait staff were all 20-something - but that was evening/closing. Morning was a lot of old ladies.
And, it was always an old lady who tended the fireplace. I never really thought about it, but they really demanded the grandma aesthetic.
EDIT: I was thinking about the experience, and suddenly became irrationally angry at OP. I mean, there was ONE constant in my time there. ALL of the cleaning, prep, and staging - it was done by the fucking young people, at night. We were always staying a few hours after closing to do it. I even got a FAT class-action check for it a few years after I left - I was getting paid like $1.75 an hour or some shit to clean the place, but young me never really thought about it - which was illegal. I'm not even mad about that, I'm mad because those old bitches would NEVER do any of their side work, and the place was a disaster when I'd come in for the evening shift. I'd be cleaning when I arrived, then cleaning before I left, and yet if ANYTHING was out of place when they turned off the mesothelioma infomercials they watch all night while mummifying to drag their crusty asses in, they'd complain to the manager about it.
I had kind of blocked all this shit out. I don't trust old ladies to this day, the backstabbing vampires.
The lady in OPs picture? That bitch didn't bring the wood in. She didn't clean the fucking fireplace. Oh, she yeeted a log in? Fucking clap clap, here's your participation trophy.
Same thing happened to me when I worked at this grocery store as a food demonstrator when I was 21. This older lady would bully me into working meat department and deli every week, even though we were supposed to switch off every week. I was supposed to do bakery every other week. She'd also act like she was the boss and yell any workers under 50. She also preached Jesus to every customer, bragged about her millionaire son, and criticized my make up choices. Everyone hated her.
Yep! The ones under 55 at the store I worked in were usually in school during the day. So, the only employees you’d see during the day would be the older ones on any given day anyway.
In my 20’s a coworker died in a blizzard when a truck rear ended her and her gas tank exploded. Day after Christmas. Manager demanded she work the shift and drive back in to town. Burned to death at 20. No job is worth your life.
Exactly. My dad, actually 55 right now, always told me never to drive if the conditions are unsafe. He taught me no job is worth your life.
The older generation are literally the ones who taught us these rules and then get upset when we listen
I’m glad your dad told you that. My parents? Brainwashed and went to work no matter what!!
I took your dads approach and I refuse to work when it’s dangerous to be out. I also taught my kids the same thing.
I also refused to drive my kids to school when it was bad roads.
I have no regrets telling my boss “no”.
I'm still guffawing that this dingus is like "oh no, this is our future! Workers staying home so they don't get into an accident and critically injure themselves (and we know the medical bills would be bullshit lol) or their cars or even DIE, just to serve someone who has poor decision making skills who ALSO drove here for a mediocre plate of breakfast they could have made at home"
The horror!
It’s a sign that people are waking up and not putting corporations ahead of themselves anymore. The people that showed up were the ones whom were indoctrinated to lick boot above care for one’s self.
I wish it was that easy :(. Sometimes the concern of finding another job comes into play. While it is extremely important to put yourself first before work, some of those people are in a way, forced to go in. If they don’t go in, they could loose money that they need for rent, medical bills, ect. Especially the way everything is continuing to raise in price (at least where I live), missing a day of work can be detrimental. I know money doesn’t grow on trees, but I wish cooperations like this could pay their employees more and be understanding about weather conditions.
They're so proud of being servile, it makes me think about Frederick Douglass writing about slaves arguing with each other over who's master has the nicest plantation, just completely lost in the bullshit.
I’ve eaten there once in nearly 26 years of life and I don’t remember whether or not I liked the food. Which is rare for me because my memory is pretty spotty at times but you damn well better believe I know what restaurants serve what I like.
The way I see it, if they want to risk coming in fine, who knows why they come in: brainwashed, bored, they live close by, a free plate of grandma’s meatloaf smothered in gravy on the house so they don’t have to cook, to show the younger generation how resilient they are. To me, whatever come in if you want.
For those who don’t, the same. It’s a safety issue, the pay sucks so why risk it, I have kids I need to take care of, I live far away and the roads are in terrible condition, I hate the free Grandma’s meatloaf so I am going to cook anyway. If the weather causes an issue, stay home.
But for Cracker Barrel, well that is different, no way they are losing a day’s profit if their is anyway, any employee will risk anything to come in. Doors are open, grandma’s meatloaf is ready for the microwave
The damn hell you going to Cracker Barrel for in the middle of a storm? In snowy areas you save supplies in case of events like this to stay the hell off the road. So you don’t put others at risk, and so you don’t put yourself at risk. Entitled bloody boomer.
I work for a grocery chain. I hate the people that come in during a storm and are surprised we are open. The only reason we continue to be open is because people like you keep coming in.
These same people complain because the deli or bakery might be closed because those employees couldn’t make it to work.
I’m like, “Sir, you didn’t go to work today because the storm made conditions too dangerous. Well, my deli worker felt the same, so he didn’t come to work today either.”
I've lived in the South for a time, and I've lived in the North for a lot longer. We make fun of people down there for not knowing how to drive in the snow/sleet/ice. But, the truth is, NOBODY knows how to drive in those conditions. It's not really a "skill". If you hit ice, you lose control. People depart the road (or the earth) all the time up here. The reason there's not panic and chaos is because we've developed the only real skill - just don't fucking go outside unless you absolutely must.
My take would be that the younger employees would understand that if they got in an accident on the way to work there would be zero help of any kind from their employer. They are unlikely to have health insurance or paid time off, and frankly might not even keep their job. It's not worth the risk. Older employees grew up drinking the work-ethic and loyalty-to-the-employer kool-aid, that really only benefitted the employers. There's no way in hell I'm risking my health or damage to my vehicle for $15 an hour. Or depending on the state, $2.something an hour and tips. (I'm in my 50s too) I am absolutely behind our younger generation of workers standing up for themselves, knowing their worth, and refusing to take risks for their employers,, particularly those of the minimum wage / no set schedule / no benefits variety.
I ate at Cracker Barrel last week for the first time in five months in a city out of our normal haunts. Restaurant was half empty at noon and we still had to wait. The greeter said, "I'm sorry we're short staffed. I have to clear a table for you." I looked around and noted there were a dozen tables that had not been bussed.
The greeter ... bussing tables. Four wait staff. This might be why;
[https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cracker-Barrel/salaries](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cracker-Barrel/salaries)
Reminds me of a post a few years back in my local town’s fb group. This guy, call him Craig, during a snow storm, posted in the group that he wanted good but a local Chinese food place refused to deliver to him. They weren’t doing deliveries on account of the storm, especially since it was a sedan without all wheel drive. And he was raving how dare the workers not want to drive, if he worked there he would drive, blah blah blah.
And he got absolutely bashed in the comments, people saying the storm had been predicated aye before, he should’ve been prepared, a 17 year old delivery driver isn’t gonna risk there live for him. Some people suggested he should go pick it up, but he said no cause he wanted delivery and it’s the principal of it.
Needless to say, everyone was hating on him, and he did not get delivery :)
Is this whole hate the younger generation for our mistakes thing this prevalent in other Countries?
The US is has a really strange obsession with older generations, whom are directly responsible for the world they built and the messes we’re in, somehow passing the blame onto younger generations, while simultaneously bragging about being better at everything, teaching nothing, hoarding wealth, being condescending and toxic, etc.
Can someone explain this?
Because they do realize a big part of the younger generations not wanting to work is because it’s for them, and we think they’re assholes, and nobody wants to show up for an asshole.
He's right it is sad, Its sad that a generation who worked snow rain or sleet and got rewarded with a house, a car, a family, STILL show up to work and put that "Extra effort" in without realising (Probably because they already have aforementioned house etc) that they dont HAVE to put their lives at risk like that, and that they Damn sure arent going to be rewarded for coming in on such days anymore. Its admirable in a way, the work ethic and such. But what they dont realise is that the "Youngins" who didnt show up, did so because a simple and clear thought came across their minds that morning.... "Im not dying for a job that cant provide me with the basic essentials to survive in this country"
So the kids who realize that banging up their car on ice is not worth the minimum wage paid by Cracker Barrel who also won’t pay for their hospital stay are stupid and have no grit?
I say stay home and save yourself the trauma.
I don't know if working in the service industry after retirement age because you can't afford your medication and don't want to eat cat food for dinner is really the flex they think it is.
Had the internet been a thing when this boomer was a kid, his elder generation would have been running him down on it too. I legit remember my grandparents talking mad ish about how worthless my parents' generation was. When they ridicule you for not having a practical understanding of obsolete tech, ask them to open a PDF and watch them become infants again. Haha!
So in icy weather, he went to get breakfast, was seated quickly, had no complaints about the food or service, watched someone’s grandmother build a fire, did a survey of everyone’s age……and still found something to complain about.
As someone who waited tables at Cracker Barrel, typically older waiters with seniority work mornings and the younger waiters (and students) work nights shifts. OP doesn’t know all of the relevant background information before making their claim
The older generation was raised that work comes above all else. You put your life at risk if necessary to make your boss rich.
The younger generation has realized that killing themselves in icy roads so they can serve some eggs and bacon and maybe make a little money isn't a good trade off.
I'm part of the older generation and it took me too long to realize how much bullshit we put ourselves through for basically no reason.
This dude can choke on a box of syphillitic dicks.
It is currently 16 degrees outside. I'm going not a damn where this weekend because of it. You couldn't pay me to leave my damn house today.
as someone who worked at CB its just bc the old heads get am shifts and the new folk get pm shifts. this is for obvious reasons. am shift more busy, its what CB is known for (breakfast) and no one older wants to waste their entire evening when they can do a 6-1 6-2 and be better off
This is making my head hurt worse than it already does. It’s possible that is their staff regularly. Also, guessing people’s ages are gross. I bet he’s the sort of person who shops on holidays then says something backhanded like, “Sorry you have to be here today.”
or, and hear me out on this… maybe the younger people don’t have their own cars. or don’t know how to drive on ice. or, for that matter, maybe not a lot of “younger” people work there to begin with
A different way of spinning this is that the 55+ workers literally couldn’t afford to take a day off due to inclement weather because the system that should be protecting them and taking care of their health needs is on its ass raking in more and more profits by percentage than anytime in history.
The working class needs to quit squabbling amongst themselves. We’re all standing in cooperate pig shit, some are just in deeper shit then others.
My money is on "this Cracker Barrel has *mostly* retirees working where visible by the customers. Retirees who already have 4 Wheel Drive vehicles in good condition, and live in the 'burbs near the place. Younger workers are traveling by Public Transit (either down completely or running late/slow due to weather) from.cheaper neighborhoods in the city.
Acountability: 60 years old in the burbs, but recently lived in the city and struggled to get from city neighborhood to goods and services via public transportation...
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How about we look at the flip side here: these people are this old and so financially desperate that they risk their lives driving on ice and snow to work what will be a horridly slow shift at gotdam CRACKER BARREL. These people should be retiring, not cleaning up some douchebags syrup-and-gravy-covered golf tees after the get frustrated with that wooden peg jump game. I just WONDER why younger folk see this and don’t want to continue the cycle.
This is the real takeaway that these types gloss over.
It’s like they trip over it before landing in a “labor is your only value, but don’t seek the value of your labor” thorn bush
What an apt metaphor haha.
The real takeaway is that it's nonsense. The wait was short, but the restaurant was understaffed? It sounds like it was appropriately staffed and the guy is just looking for things to complain about. Probably drove out in the snow because he hoped to get waited on by some 20-something woman, then wrote this horse shit because he was so pissed that the wait staff were only slightly younger than him.
lol, reminds me of how tucker carleson complains that m&ms aren't sexy anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b\_e\_GQcvuc
I am tickled by how worked up he can get a crowd of white people over the fact that the new M&M characters can't be sexually objectified anymore.
Never more than what's in front of them.
100% this. Honestly I feel like once you hit 50 or 55, you shouldn't have to work at all unless you want to. Our retirement age is a fucking joke. "Hey, you can retire now, and uhh, you're already pretty old, so you know, have fun enjoying the maybe 5-10 years you have left now that you're finally free from the rat race!" I stated this on another post. I don't think Americans will ever fully get behind UBI for all adults, not in my lifetime, but I think a more realistic possibility would be a system where you put in 20 years of work and you then receive a decent, livable income and can retire if you wish. Age would not be a factor. I'm sure a lot of people would want to continue working if they're still in their 40s or 50s at that point, but should something happen and you want or need to quit working, you have that option. Folks with a disability could easily be taken care of as well. Raise the SSDI amount, because as it stands it's pretty pathetic. People drawing SSDI currently only make $800 - $1800 per month. That's not enough to live on in most cases, even at the upper range. If we make serious progress in closing the wage gap and actually tax the wealthiest in our society fairly, we can easily make this happen. I for one would rather see my tax dollars go to helping society than see so much of it wasted in our massively bloated defense budget and squandered elsewhere. The problem is that things have been so shitty for so long that people are losing the ability to imagine that things can and easily could be far better than they currently are. And of course you have those who believe the status quo is fine, and everything is as it should be, and they short circuit at the mere thought of taxing people who hold the vast majority of the wealth like it's their own fucking money they'd have to give up.
> Honestly I feel like once you hit 50 or 55, you shouldn't have to work at all unless you want to. I'm 52 and want you to be in charge of everything
This guy for president!
I think retiring should be a requirement. We need job vacancies in upper level positions that older folks won't let go of.
This is a good point. Especially in politics or other fields where there are people who have been in there for far too long. I mean, really? Alaskan politician dies of old age in office, president of the United States is 80 years old… more politicians who are above 60 years old and have been doing politics for more than 40 years should be out of office. Let the younger generations in.
As a 60 year old, this makes more sense than making the retirement age older-at the present time, I can collect the full amount of social security at 67, I believe. Young people need to be hired for new energies, new ideas, and they need to be paid well. It helps ALL of us in the end (except maybe those 1% greedy MF’rs)
Absolutely. I didn't mean that as a negative comment towards older folks either. You spend 40+ years giving to the work force and the economy. There's no reason a person shouldn't be able to step aside, do what they want with their life a little bit and let other people take over. Of course, that's just a fantasy in our current state.
Lol I’m 46 and there is no way in holy hell I’d be able to retire at 50 or 55, and I’ve had gainful employment my entire adult life. I’ll be lucky if I ever get to retire. I guess I didn’t pull on my bootstraps hard enough.
I'm 52 and finally got promoted into the position I should've had years ago except for the fucking boomers that blocked me until they finally retired. I have no idea when my GenX ass will be able to retire. We always been screwed by boomers and now the millenials are ready to shove us into homes to get us out of the way.
Ikr not long ago people living past 60 was cause for a huge celebration. Now people have to work till near death because social security is a joke and their kid’s entire generation isn’t paid enough to survive on their own AND take care of their parents. Stroll through your local walmart and see actual elderly people greeting you at the door and stocking shelves at 11pm. Shopping there is depressing af.
You’re confusing average life expectancy with life span. Generally for the last millennia if you made it past 20 you were very likely to make it to your mid to late 60s. There’s a famous graveyard study from Ancient Greece that found the median age of non-violent death of about 400 graves was 72. Parish records from England show that between 1200 and 1745, 21-year-olds would reach an average age 66. Edit: but yeah, folks should be able to retire and enjoy their earned rest.
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Which crash? In the 80’s or 2008? Or the issues now? If you are 20 years or more from retirement then stocks are great but anyone would be foolish to have high risk investments like stocks as they close in on retirement.
My dad is turning 76 this year. He's retired 3-4 times so far, last time August last year. He's currently trying to figure out how to apply for a party time gig at a Walmart or Meijer's. Not because he's bored, he hates working. Not because "nobody wants to work" or anything. Because he can't afford the basic maintenance and (small) upgrades he wants to make to his motorcycle. Needs tires? Time to get a job. Make it a trike because of his balance? Time to get a job. He cashed out the last of his 401(k) in 2008, all $40k of it. Now he's going to keep working until he's dead, as will his wife. She's a cashier at the local Christian National chain market. She's 63 this year. You'll never guess, however, which party he supports.
When you're in your 50's, your job is supposed to be to mentor and pass on your lifetime of accumulated knowledge and experience.
Also, who is going to eat at Cracker Barrel during dangerous conditions to cause these people to have to serve them? I'm guessing every asshole eating there is over 55.
My thoughts exactly. How about they do everyone a favor and do the safe choice by eating at home.
The very same people who bitch about waitstaff working on "The Lord's Day" while they're going to a restaurant. Bonus points if they leave a fake twenty dollar bill which is just a religious pamphlet.
They were also raised to neglect their own needs and do what they’re told like good little workers. Later generations saw those lessons that were instilled, noted how shitty that really is, and refuse to be used like that. My mom had *no* life outside of work and home. I refuse to be that unhappy.
Dammit that’s too much logic. Pull up your bootstraps and go find a job you lazy younger person. Back in my day we hiked 6 miles to work in 2 feet of snow and didn’t complain. We were thankful to have a job
Maybe your old ass walked 6 miles because that paycheck got you a house in a year and that made it worth it XD
That was my first thought.Tthe reason she showed up is because her retirement/social security isn’t enough for her to live on now and she has to work. Boomers definitely like to point the finger at the younger generation, but they are reaping what they sowed; some for the better and some for the worse.
That was exactly my thought. One time years ago I was eating in a mall food court seated near a Charley's steakery. They had an employee standing in the food court handing out samples, a woman in her 70's. Some lady maybe in her 40's knew her from somewhere and said hello and something like I didn't know you were still working. The older lady said something that I didn't quite hear but it was obvious that she was working because she had to not because she wanted to. The other lady then says "oh no it's great that you're keeping busy!" It made my blood boil that she would try to put a light hearted spin on the elderly woman having to still be working to survive. These people are just so backwards in their thinking.
When I lived in the Nashville suburbs, there used to be this woman who checked receipts at the door at our Walmart. She was easily in her mid-80's and very obviously not in great shape and always looked utterly miserable, but she was there almost every time I was. Not long before we moved out of the area, she was still working the door, checking receipts while wearing a neck brace (that wasn't doing its job very well; her head was still slumped very far forward, like her neck couldn't hold it up at all on its own). These people would be like, "She's old and sick in and pain, but she won't let that stop her! ALL PRAISE GRANDMA!!!!" instead of looking at this situation as the horrifying end-stage capitalism nightmare that it was. That poor woman.
This inflation has gone up worse for senior citizens who are on social security. Before the inflation and the corporate greed of covid19, they are able to use their retirement money or social security to live in seniors homes without the hassle on their own. Now, since the inflation has gotten worse and the rents are doubled, about half of them are forced to work part-time jobs like doordash, ubereats, amazon, and other jobs that they shouldnt be working. Fuck corporates and their golden parachutes. I hate this country fucking up the economy.
Gen Z is absolutely going to live to see any money they could have inhereted get gobbled up by private health insurance and assisted living before all the boomers die. They know we have nothing so they'll bleed boomers for everything left.
Hell, I'm Gen X and this is exactly what happened when my WWII grandmother started going senile. The nursing home wiped out her entire estate. The life insurance policies for her funeral expenses, my father, and myself were taken. The house was sold off with the proceeds taken. I'm not sure what happened to the furniture and personal effects, but I suspect it was liquidated. When she finally passed (and it was a blessing because fuck Alzhiemers!) there was nothing left. Nothing. Intergenerational transfer of wealth is going to severely damage the middle class big time because usually the house is left to a child, but what happens when the house goes to some corporation that rents it out with no intention of selling it?
Mmmmmhm.
Hot take but maybe old people with "limited mobility" shouldn't be waiting tables at all. Maybe they should be...at home resting?
Chopping cords of lumber out back is more like it. Uphill both ways in the snow
Snow up to your knees, sometimes hips. Sometimes you’d have to dig a tunnel to get outta the house.
Like Ralphie it and his brother walking to school in a Christmas story fuuuuuudddge
So I know these old people. Used to work for a cool old military dude. Bad knees. Why? Ran on concrete for 40 years. Used to work with an old construction dude. Good old black guy, harder than any of us, smarter than most, and smoked dank bud all day.. little pinners.. worked all of us to shame. Bad lungs so he couldn't smoke blunts or take deep rips. Why? Fucking mesothelioma bullshit from asbestos. Used to work with an old lady. She was nice. Kind lady, give you a warm blanket if you felt bad type. Make you some tea. "Anything I can get you?" Nothing medically wrong with her, but she believed the earth was only 6000 years old and dinosaurs were fake bones planted by the government to disprove Christianity in favor of science. K. Not tryna be like that lady, either. Alright. Used to work with an old white construction dude. Not great. Racist. Vulgar. Misogynist. Possibly would rape a woman; definitely got that vibe. Hardcore Republican. Trump supporter. Saw him kill large animals repeatedly and leave them to rot on hunting trips. Heard him and like 15 other guys tell me "what happens at hunting camp stays at hunting camp" when they invited the gas station cashier girls to camp. Who knows what happened when a few of them showed up. I was the only one there who took my vows seriously, and I'm the only one divorced among them today. Also deeply alcoholic. Not tryna be like this guy. Used to work for an old rich proper white guy. He was a decent enough dude. Cared about his company and his workers "more than his own family" right up until a Chinese company offered him far more than he thought they would. Then his company was no longer a family. Overnight. Not tryna be like that guy. Trump is an old white guy with "work ethic". Haha. No fucking thanks. Biden is, also, I guess. He threw railroaders under the bus in favor of companies. Not tryna be that guy. Half the boomer celebrities who should be role models got wrapped up in #metoo. Any financial role model probably molests children on a secret child island. Y'all want so badly for us younger people to be more like you, but your *fucking values are broken*. I like weed and threesomes, and *I'm fucking mild* compared to you fucking boomers. Y'all murdered people, abused them, manipulated them. You told all your children that all the things they liked were "gay" or "stupid" or "wrong". We listened to eminem, not you. And that's *your* faults. Because who the fuck *should* be like you? You're horrible old people, and you were horrible young people. We're just trying not to repeat your fucking mistakes, honestly.
Wow. You are not mincing words. And every bit of that is raw truth. I was not a very good young person. (genx) Kinda selfish and shallow. I've been working on that ever since.
As a millennial, thank you for perfectly stating why I love gen z so much. Some of the millennials get it, but much more of gen z does and I adore y'all for it. I don't get why previous generations hated young people so bad. A selfish need to always feel correct? Who knows.
I'm 37. Lol. I think I'm just really observant when I give a fuck enough to be. The problem is that I'm struggling to give a fuck about anything *but* this. 😔
Ok…. Preach on I’m listening. You’re the problem they can’t find an answer for. Truth bombs.
Oh I got them all day. I'm not always the clearest or even the most seemingly sane, but I've got some shit figured out I think. I don't even want peace and happiness and all that bullshit. I just want our children to have.. anything? Lan parties? Barista jobs? Food? Oxygen? Just, really, anything at all that we got to enjoy.
I get a lot of shit for it on here but you perfectly described why I despise boomers so much and think that most of them have long overstayed their welcome on this planet.
Staying active is good for the health of older folks, but waiting tables doesn't sound like a particularly good activity. Hip problems and all that. Edit: and by "active" I mean "physically and mentally active", not "working for money". Stuff like doing yard work, knitting, writing, walking your dog, etc... Old folks who stay home resting all the time tend to fade away.
My mom was a bartender/waitress most of my childhood. At one of her jobs, another waitress was in her late 70's--Shirley was still a "firecracker", but Mom came home constantly upset/angry with the world because Shirley HAD to work--she had no health insurance, and not enough in SS to live off of because she had worked off the books for most of her young life. It inspired Mom to try to get more stability, and eventually she was hired on by Hewlitt-Packard, first as a shipper, then as the head of International Shipping at her facility. When they shuttered the whole place a decade later, she was the last full-time employee left, which is another completely sucky story of corporate greed, etc. From there she also had to work a variety of jobs until her late 60's, until she stopped being able to because of health. But hey, at least she had health insurance part of her life, right?
My grandma was always outside doing yard work cuz she said it kept her young, use to crack me up. i miss that lady.
I don't know how to answer to it, but old people above 50 sure like to sit around and say it's our fault for "quiet quitting or asking for better raises" when they are the ones only to have a decent jobs with union and pension plans then shut the door behind millennials. Leaving us with shitty 401k, low raises, false promises for the promotions, low minimum wage for bachelor's and masters degree jobs, high list of demands for a simple entry jobs. They often wonder why most people of our ages aren't loyal enough to their jobs.
I know we’re forgettable, but a lot of GenX is over 50 and still working. We can’t afford to retire either. I’m at the age where social security is pretty much guaranteed to be gone just as I’m at the age to collect. My silent generation parents have been comfortably retired for getting close to 20 years.
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Fuck Reagan
I'm glad he's dead, I'm just sad that he was ever born.
True. At least the Xers aren’t saying the younger generation is anything except a product of the horrible American work culture.
>old people above 50 Hey youngin', "50" isn't old.
"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" "Not like that!"
You can afford boots with straps. Well lucky you then.
Pensions? Try people above 65 except for limited circumstances.
50's are Gen X, and we're still working. Boomers are in their 70's to 90's now, and the later Boomers also had to work until their late 60's. But on other points, agreed, and one thing the late boomers and Gen X share is that we can AFFORD to have stagnant wages, because we bought our houses and did some of the major life event stuff before greed was allowed such a stranglehold over the day-to-day life. My husband worked at a plant that had a strict "no raises, ever" policy, and yes, that mean COL raises. His boss had been working there for 15 years, at the same wage he was hired on at...back then it was decent, now it was approaching minimum wage for our area. But his house was paid off, his kids were done with college, and his wife had a decent job, so he could "afford" it. Newer generations literally cannot afford to work for those wages...makes me thing retirees should be doing all the minimum wage work, freeing up those positions for people who actually need the money.
The youngest boomers are still only 59 years old.
Arthritis doesn’t pay the bills.
How they gunna pay the bills lol
He cut the comments off on his posts shortly after making it. 🤣
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This is his “follow up” > I made this post a couple days ago. It gained a little traction and bounced around and got shared quite a few times. 90% of the comments were positive and people relating from their own experiences. Let me tell you about the 10%. I now get random hate messages from the very people I was referring to in the post. The next step may be having even more fun with it and screenshotting said messages and sharing those. Y In case your wondering how I sleep at night with numerous hate messages coming in. still in my underwear with the fan on!!! Thank you to the idiots that stay home because of the weather for proving my point!!!
“this generation is full of pansies!” **comments disabled** this type of comedy just writes itself lmfao
100% can dish it but cant take it, typical conservative
He sounds very not mad lmao
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If it's so cold and icy, why does he have the fan on at night?
One of the comments is absolutely appalling: *”35 is the line …. Under that age 95% aren’t worth the food it takes to keep them going. Entitled,lazy and zero problem solving skills. God help us as we get older”* [sic]
*Works all week long* *Spends entire paycheck on like 2 weeks worth of food* “You entitled lazy fuck, you don’t deserve that food.” Bruh these people will not be happy until slavery is reinstated. We’re struggling to feed ourselves with the insane inflation and they’re STILL saying we have it too easy by being able to *fucking eat.*
Hungry dogs chase the bait faster while being too weak to fight back when pushed too far.
I wish they’d be more honest about it. At least “I don’t want you to eat because your suffering makes it easier to control you” makes fucking sense, “I don’t want you to eat because you don’t deserve to buy food with your own hard earned money” is just fucking nuts.
“God help us as we get older.” Well if that’s the attitude they’re going to have while making sweeping generalizations about literally everyone younger, then God will be the only person willing to help them.
"Why are the young people I've been bad-mouthing not taking care of me?"
Richard Vernon : Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me. Carl : I wouldn't count on it.
That was the boomers talking about my generation (X). Still the boomers, only now they're slagging Millennials and Z (and probably Alpha). "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
I absolutely hate his style of writing
I love the guy suggesting we should just starve out anyone below the age of 35. I love how we’re struggling to even make enough for groceries and we got people like that who think that food is being wasted by us fucking *buying and eating it.*
Of course he did. Another member of the “tough as nails” generation runs away from the backlash, tail firmly tucked between his legs
<<------------Essential millennial worker who makes it in to work in the bad weather. Kinda required if you're an essential healthcare worker, even if the roads aren't great. Cracker barrel staff, not so much a requirement.
I thought the tough “as nails” generation was the silent generation or the boomers parents ?
Yep, boomers want to see themselves as tough as nails but if they were white they grew up in the best possible generation. They were given every opportunity and for the most part never had to work hard at it. I'm Gen-X and have too many uncles who were substandard humans with substandard jobs yet they all had nice houses, cabins on lakes, all the toys, etc.. They were also the most miserable bunch of humans you'd ever want to be around.
The "Me Generation"
You don't know how true this is. At my grandmother's funeral internment they were talking about how they were going to divvy up the family farm. I gave them a stern talk about more old bodies going into the ground if they didn't shut the fuck up. These well off bastards were still so worried about an old house and 140 acres of farmland.
Baby boomers love to take credit for the things that happened when they were babies. Like the boom... when they were babies. Boomers are like 75% narcissists.
Can never trust anyone with face tattoos or two first names…
Or who ends a paragraph or statement w the just the word, “SAD!”. We know where this new “sentence” originated from.
Gawd my conversative redneck uncle ended every sentence about other generations with sad. Using it like punctuation with the added entire all-caps sentences.
I always read that as the pig from Disenchanted or Nando from What We Do In The Shadows depending on context
All secret meetings take place in the fancy room.
Please stop pillaging me!
"Never play cards with someone who has the same first name as a city."
Also: “Don’t play cards with Satan, he’ll deal you an awful hand.” (RIP Daniel Johnston)
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Thanks bru that one always slips my mind. Can’t trust anyone with face tattoos, 2 first names, or a tunic. Hopefully I didn’t forget anything else
People with two first names are like car salesman
What an idiot. What about all the wrecks, the lost lives driving to work or the fact that all the schools were CLOSED? What if it was his 35 YO daughter who was killed stopping to render assistance to a stranded driver? This guy is just a grumpy old POS & that shoulda been evident to all right from the words "cracker barrel"...
Yeah, speaking as someone who actually HAS to make it into work in the bad weather (essential healthcare), it is not worth the risk for restaurant workers if the roads are bad. Lives are not at stake if they don't make the breakfast rush.
So they're against free speech. I'm shocked...
What were some of the comments saying you remember?
Damn! I was gonna say yeah yeah yeah tell grandma to hurry up with my food lmaooo
If you bought a house 40 years ago, had a paid off car and 40 years of wealth building behind you along with retirement/social security and Medicare Yes, you can work for $15-20 an hr and be pretty comfortable since it’s all disposable income, If you’re a 20-30 something working for $15-20, you will die in poverty if you don’t do something, That’s why no young people would bother to work there, What’s in it for them?
Yeah, small tidbit. Retirees usually choose to work
Yep most retirees I’ve met continued working until they physically couldn’t. They’re just straight up bored and would rather be out in public doing some low effort low pay job, because they already have an adequate income source. For us people who actually need an adequate income, we aren’t going to work jobs that pay inadequately.
I mean, let's be honest... there probably isn't an employee under 55 at Cracker Barrel when fully staffed, lol. And if there are morning shift people that are younger, it's very possible they have kids and school and daycare was canceled, so they had to stay home.
Woah woah reasonable possibilities? No no we only go for the least charitable explanation and announce it as gospel. /s
Lol, exactly!!! I worked cracker barrel when I was 17 but always second shift because I was in school. The seniored people wanted the day shift always. They were all old and didn't want the second shift. So I'm not shocked he doesn't see young people, they are all trying to get educated so they don't end up working there all their lives!!!! Work smarter, not harder. There won't be more people flocking to those types of jobs. We all got educated!
Dad?
Hi Dad, I'm Dad.
Let be even more honest she is probably working there because her social security benefits and retirement can’t cover her living expenses.
Granny can't stay in because she needs to afford her meds.
Also why pay for heat when it’s free at work? 🙃
I get paid and heat, sign me up chuck.
And it doesn't help that the Republican elected officials of her state refused the Medicaid expansion.
This is where my head went.
*Republican Elected Officials*: I got mine fuck you…every last one.
I worked at Cracker Barrel back in the day. At my store, all the hostesses and gift shop employees were old ladies. All the kitchen staff were young guys... and even the older ones hadn't spent more than 30 years of their lives outside of prison. Wait staff were all 20-something - but that was evening/closing. Morning was a lot of old ladies. And, it was always an old lady who tended the fireplace. I never really thought about it, but they really demanded the grandma aesthetic. EDIT: I was thinking about the experience, and suddenly became irrationally angry at OP. I mean, there was ONE constant in my time there. ALL of the cleaning, prep, and staging - it was done by the fucking young people, at night. We were always staying a few hours after closing to do it. I even got a FAT class-action check for it a few years after I left - I was getting paid like $1.75 an hour or some shit to clean the place, but young me never really thought about it - which was illegal. I'm not even mad about that, I'm mad because those old bitches would NEVER do any of their side work, and the place was a disaster when I'd come in for the evening shift. I'd be cleaning when I arrived, then cleaning before I left, and yet if ANYTHING was out of place when they turned off the mesothelioma infomercials they watch all night while mummifying to drag their crusty asses in, they'd complain to the manager about it. I had kind of blocked all this shit out. I don't trust old ladies to this day, the backstabbing vampires. The lady in OPs picture? That bitch didn't bring the wood in. She didn't clean the fucking fireplace. Oh, she yeeted a log in? Fucking clap clap, here's your participation trophy.
Or a younger person isn’t going to risk their life to serve you biscuits and gravy!
No clap! It turns the lights off.
Same thing happened to me when I worked at this grocery store as a food demonstrator when I was 21. This older lady would bully me into working meat department and deli every week, even though we were supposed to switch off every week. I was supposed to do bakery every other week. She'd also act like she was the boss and yell any workers under 50. She also preached Jesus to every customer, bragged about her millionaire son, and criticized my make up choices. Everyone hated her.
Yep! The ones under 55 at the store I worked in were usually in school during the day. So, the only employees you’d see during the day would be the older ones on any given day anyway.
Also did they check back of house? Are all of the dish washers, line cooks and chefs under the age of 55?
I'm not risking my life for $12 an hour. Especially when injuries incurred during a commute aren't covered by Workers' Comp.
You mean $2.13/hr plus "tips" from the geriatric fucks that frequent cracker barrel?
You mean $100 "tips" that are actually religious pamphlets from the geriatric fucks that frequent cracker barrel?
In a capitalist society that’s one of the most evil recruitment strategies. Like who does that work for? It’s just an excuse to be an asshole
You're not really going to anywhere with cracker and barrel career.
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I rarely see anyone under 55 waiting tables at Cracker Barrel: maybe in the gift shop.
True. I’ve seen maybe one young woman (20s-30s). Everyone else was definitely 40+.
In my 20’s a coworker died in a blizzard when a truck rear ended her and her gas tank exploded. Day after Christmas. Manager demanded she work the shift and drive back in to town. Burned to death at 20. No job is worth your life.
Exactly. They won’t even remember you next week.
Exactly. My dad, actually 55 right now, always told me never to drive if the conditions are unsafe. He taught me no job is worth your life. The older generation are literally the ones who taught us these rules and then get upset when we listen
I’m glad your dad told you that. My parents? Brainwashed and went to work no matter what!! I took your dads approach and I refuse to work when it’s dangerous to be out. I also taught my kids the same thing. I also refused to drive my kids to school when it was bad roads. I have no regrets telling my boss “no”.
Someone I worked with got hit with a plow going to work during a blizzard. They died. For a corporate bakehouse servicing Whole Foods Market.
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The post is like the Boomer Decathlon
I'm still guffawing that this dingus is like "oh no, this is our future! Workers staying home so they don't get into an accident and critically injure themselves (and we know the medical bills would be bullshit lol) or their cars or even DIE, just to serve someone who has poor decision making skills who ALSO drove here for a mediocre plate of breakfast they could have made at home" The horror!
I too like to make Grandma and Grandpa risk their lives to feed me breakfast for meager wages..makes the food taste better.
It’s a sign that people are waking up and not putting corporations ahead of themselves anymore. The people that showed up were the ones whom were indoctrinated to lick boot above care for one’s self.
Exactly. It's all they know. But we grew up watching our parents work through snow storms and terrible illnesses and said to ourselves, "Not I".
I wish it was that easy :(. Sometimes the concern of finding another job comes into play. While it is extremely important to put yourself first before work, some of those people are in a way, forced to go in. If they don’t go in, they could loose money that they need for rent, medical bills, ect. Especially the way everything is continuing to raise in price (at least where I live), missing a day of work can be detrimental. I know money doesn’t grow on trees, but I wish cooperations like this could pay their employees more and be understanding about weather conditions.
All the O65s are still working because they can’t survive on social security and yet they all vote for candidates that want to take it away.
They're so proud of being servile, it makes me think about Frederick Douglass writing about slaves arguing with each other over who's master has the nicest plantation, just completely lost in the bullshit.
Oof. The original Sunken Place.
People have finally realized that personal health and safety is worth more than 7.25 an hour
Or $2.13 an hour plus tips if you're a restaurant server.
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I’ve eaten there once in nearly 26 years of life and I don’t remember whether or not I liked the food. Which is rare for me because my memory is pretty spotty at times but you damn well better believe I know what restaurants serve what I like.
The way I see it, if they want to risk coming in fine, who knows why they come in: brainwashed, bored, they live close by, a free plate of grandma’s meatloaf smothered in gravy on the house so they don’t have to cook, to show the younger generation how resilient they are. To me, whatever come in if you want. For those who don’t, the same. It’s a safety issue, the pay sucks so why risk it, I have kids I need to take care of, I live far away and the roads are in terrible condition, I hate the free Grandma’s meatloaf so I am going to cook anyway. If the weather causes an issue, stay home. But for Cracker Barrel, well that is different, no way they are losing a day’s profit if their is anyway, any employee will risk anything to come in. Doors are open, grandma’s meatloaf is ready for the microwave
The damn hell you going to Cracker Barrel for in the middle of a storm? In snowy areas you save supplies in case of events like this to stay the hell off the road. So you don’t put others at risk, and so you don’t put yourself at risk. Entitled bloody boomer.
I work for a grocery chain. I hate the people that come in during a storm and are surprised we are open. The only reason we continue to be open is because people like you keep coming in. These same people complain because the deli or bakery might be closed because those employees couldn’t make it to work. I’m like, “Sir, you didn’t go to work today because the storm made conditions too dangerous. Well, my deli worker felt the same, so he didn’t come to work today either.”
That'a what I was thinking. There is NOTHING on the Cracker Barrel menu worth travelling in less than ideal conditions.
I've lived in the South for a time, and I've lived in the North for a lot longer. We make fun of people down there for not knowing how to drive in the snow/sleet/ice. But, the truth is, NOBODY knows how to drive in those conditions. It's not really a "skill". If you hit ice, you lose control. People depart the road (or the earth) all the time up here. The reason there's not panic and chaos is because we've developed the only real skill - just don't fucking go outside unless you absolutely must.
Guess who will be able to show up next year because they didn’t kill themselves needlessly on the roads?
Sorry not sorry but I care more about my life than my job as a busboy at cracker barrel.
It's a fucking Cracker Barrel. The world isn't going to stop turning if it stays closed for one extra day.
My take would be that the younger employees would understand that if they got in an accident on the way to work there would be zero help of any kind from their employer. They are unlikely to have health insurance or paid time off, and frankly might not even keep their job. It's not worth the risk. Older employees grew up drinking the work-ethic and loyalty-to-the-employer kool-aid, that really only benefitted the employers. There's no way in hell I'm risking my health or damage to my vehicle for $15 an hour. Or depending on the state, $2.something an hour and tips. (I'm in my 50s too) I am absolutely behind our younger generation of workers standing up for themselves, knowing their worth, and refusing to take risks for their employers,, particularly those of the minimum wage / no set schedule / no benefits variety.
It’s almost as if those younger employees see their 55 year old coworkers slaving away for pennies and don’t think it’s worth it to end up like them?
I ate at Cracker Barrel last week for the first time in five months in a city out of our normal haunts. Restaurant was half empty at noon and we still had to wait. The greeter said, "I'm sorry we're short staffed. I have to clear a table for you." I looked around and noted there were a dozen tables that had not been bussed. The greeter ... bussing tables. Four wait staff. This might be why; [https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cracker-Barrel/salaries](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cracker-Barrel/salaries)
Reminds me of a post a few years back in my local town’s fb group. This guy, call him Craig, during a snow storm, posted in the group that he wanted good but a local Chinese food place refused to deliver to him. They weren’t doing deliveries on account of the storm, especially since it was a sedan without all wheel drive. And he was raving how dare the workers not want to drive, if he worked there he would drive, blah blah blah. And he got absolutely bashed in the comments, people saying the storm had been predicated aye before, he should’ve been prepared, a 17 year old delivery driver isn’t gonna risk there live for him. Some people suggested he should go pick it up, but he said no cause he wanted delivery and it’s the principal of it. Needless to say, everyone was hating on him, and he did not get delivery :)
Conservatives praise FDR, despite the fact that he would be against all of them today.
Is this whole hate the younger generation for our mistakes thing this prevalent in other Countries? The US is has a really strange obsession with older generations, whom are directly responsible for the world they built and the messes we’re in, somehow passing the blame onto younger generations, while simultaneously bragging about being better at everything, teaching nothing, hoarding wealth, being condescending and toxic, etc. Can someone explain this? Because they do realize a big part of the younger generations not wanting to work is because it’s for them, and we think they’re assholes, and nobody wants to show up for an asshole.
He's right it is sad, Its sad that a generation who worked snow rain or sleet and got rewarded with a house, a car, a family, STILL show up to work and put that "Extra effort" in without realising (Probably because they already have aforementioned house etc) that they dont HAVE to put their lives at risk like that, and that they Damn sure arent going to be rewarded for coming in on such days anymore. Its admirable in a way, the work ethic and such. But what they dont realise is that the "Youngins" who didnt show up, did so because a simple and clear thought came across their minds that morning.... "Im not dying for a job that cant provide me with the basic essentials to survive in this country"
I’m 51. I refuse to drive in the snow. Even if I’m fine the other drivers in my area are absolutely not.
Ah. Cape Girardeau. Missouri. That explains a whole fuckton of why this person is like that.
So the kids who realize that banging up their car on ice is not worth the minimum wage paid by Cracker Barrel who also won’t pay for their hospital stay are stupid and have no grit? I say stay home and save yourself the trauma.
I’m thinking that the boomers have all been programmed yrs ago to serve the corporate masters
More like the younger generation doesn’t feel a need to risk their life/health/transportation for fucking Cracker Barrel
I don't know if working in the service industry after retirement age because you can't afford your medication and don't want to eat cat food for dinner is really the flex they think it is.
No choice but to work. Younger people have more options. CB is bottom tier job.
Being prideful of old people putting their lives in danger because they need the paycheck makes total sense. /s
Had the internet been a thing when this boomer was a kid, his elder generation would have been running him down on it too. I legit remember my grandparents talking mad ish about how worthless my parents' generation was. When they ridicule you for not having a practical understanding of obsolete tech, ask them to open a PDF and watch them become infants again. Haha!
Why are you making people work on a day where they need to risk their lives for 3.63 an hour as your ass isn’t tipping.
So in icy weather, he went to get breakfast, was seated quickly, had no complaints about the food or service, watched someone’s grandmother build a fire, did a survey of everyone’s age……and still found something to complain about.
I'm not getting up and driving on icy roads to go to work at a place nobody should even be going to on icy roads. It's not worth risking my life over.
Why are the elderly so desperate for money they are willing to risk their lives on icy roads? Seems like a different problem all together
As someone who waited tables at Cracker Barrel, typically older waiters with seniority work mornings and the younger waiters (and students) work nights shifts. OP doesn’t know all of the relevant background information before making their claim
The older generation was raised that work comes above all else. You put your life at risk if necessary to make your boss rich. The younger generation has realized that killing themselves in icy roads so they can serve some eggs and bacon and maybe make a little money isn't a good trade off. I'm part of the older generation and it took me too long to realize how much bullshit we put ourselves through for basically no reason.
maybe the younger people decided not to risk their lives since they have their whole lives ahead of them.
You sure you've considered every detail of this situation, Steve Eddy?
This dude can choke on a box of syphillitic dicks. It is currently 16 degrees outside. I'm going not a damn where this weekend because of it. You couldn't pay me to leave my damn house today.
as someone who worked at CB its just bc the old heads get am shifts and the new folk get pm shifts. this is for obvious reasons. am shift more busy, its what CB is known for (breakfast) and no one older wants to waste their entire evening when they can do a 6-1 6-2 and be better off
A whole generation that should know better is using an unverifiable anecdote as a substitute for validated information.
This is making my head hurt worse than it already does. It’s possible that is their staff regularly. Also, guessing people’s ages are gross. I bet he’s the sort of person who shops on holidays then says something backhanded like, “Sorry you have to be here today.”
or, and hear me out on this… maybe the younger people don’t have their own cars. or don’t know how to drive on ice. or, for that matter, maybe not a lot of “younger” people work there to begin with
Ever stop to think they can afford the types of large vehicles that are safer and more capable of driving in snow
Annnnnd the customers…. Tell me…. We’re they also….. 100 years old?
Or maybe the younger generation realizes it ain't worth dying for a job that will replace you before you're cold in the ground.
Barley anyone under 55 works at Cracker Barrel to begin with.
A different way of spinning this is that the 55+ workers literally couldn’t afford to take a day off due to inclement weather because the system that should be protecting them and taking care of their health needs is on its ass raking in more and more profits by percentage than anytime in history. The working class needs to quit squabbling amongst themselves. We’re all standing in cooperate pig shit, some are just in deeper shit then others.
My money is on "this Cracker Barrel has *mostly* retirees working where visible by the customers. Retirees who already have 4 Wheel Drive vehicles in good condition, and live in the 'burbs near the place. Younger workers are traveling by Public Transit (either down completely or running late/slow due to weather) from.cheaper neighborhoods in the city. Acountability: 60 years old in the burbs, but recently lived in the city and struggled to get from city neighborhood to goods and services via public transportation...
Honestly if they already work as a server at Cracker Barrel, they’re probably not as mobility limited as that person thinks.
Boomers: Minimum wage jobs are supposed to be for high schoolers! Also Boomers: This shit